Aljazeera: A year on from the start of the Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes in Yemen and five years since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, what is Saudi Arabia’s endgame?
In this week’s UpFront, Mehdi Hasan sits down with Abdallah al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations, to discuss the country’s role in the region.
And in the Arena we debate the use of drones against al-Shabab in Somalia with Abukar Arman, the country’s former special envoy to the United States, and Ahmed Abdisalam Adan, Somalia’s former deputy prime minister.
Headliner: What is Saudi Arabia’s endgame in Yemen and Syria?
Nearly a year into the Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes in Yemen, what does the kingdom hope to gain?
In this week’s wide-ranging Headliner interview, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Abdallah al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN, about the country’s involvement in Yemen and Syria, ISIL and the kingdom’s human rights record.
Mouallimi says beheadings in the country are “not barbaric” because “there are no beheadings without a full process of law behind them”.
The ambassador also argues that just because the kingdom supports an elected government in Syria, “doesn’t mean there have to be elections somewhere else”, including in Saudi Arabia.
Categories: Human Rights, Human values, Saudi Arabia, The Muslim Times, Theocracy, Yemen
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